Pelosi: I’ve never met anyone who liked their insurance plan

posted at 3:21 pm on November 15, 2013 by Allahpundit

Via John McCormack, you should watch all of this but at least skip to 4:50 for Pelosi’s part. What she thought she was accomplishing here, I have no idea. We’ve spent the past two weeks watching a Category Five political sh*tstorm descend on the White House, fueled by story after story in the media about people who are irate over having their coverage dropped. The problem’s severe enough that the president of the United States had to hold a presser yesterday at which he proposed a “fix” that’ll actually make his signature policy initiative less sustainable economically, just to stop Democratic incumbents in Congress from abandoning him entirely. And standing in the middle of all this is Pelosi, musing aloud that for all the angst among voters about mass cancellations, she personally has … never met a soul who liked their coverage. Not one. Which, she says, is why she herself never made the “if you like your plan” promise — a lie, as it turns out, per McCormack’s post. But see, this is why I grudgingly have more respect for her than for The One. She’s completely committed to the boondoggle she foisted on America, to the point where she’s willing to tell a room full of reporters with a straight face something that would have produced a good three or four days’ worth of “out of touch” coverage if a Republican had said it. She’s like DeNiro at the end of “Cape Fear,” staring at Nick Nolte as the water keeps rising. You might beat her but you’ll never break her.

The only meaningful difference between Upton’s plan and the “Landrieu-lite” plan being pushed by the House Democratic leadership is that Upton’s bill lets insurers sell un-canceled plans to new customers too, not just to those whose coverage has been dropped. The Democratic bill will thus mitigate the effects of adverse selection somewhat, but it too keeps the “broken market” in place by allowing the sale of “sub-standard” policies just like Upton’s proposal does. That’s the big takeaway here — every proposal on the table, from Upton’s to Obama’s to Landrieu’s to “Landrieu-lite,” is a rebuke to the core redistributive idea of ObamaCare, i.e. forcing healthy people into more expensive coverage to subsidize the sick. Democrats wanted cancellations by the millions; the more “young healthies” who are gouged, the more sustainable the law is. The fact that Pelosi’s office is now circulating a side-by-side “keep your plan” comparison between Republican and Democratic is the height of dishonesty insofar as it suggests they ever hoped people would keep their plans in the first place. She’s never met a person who liked their old plan. Why would she care which side has the better idea to keep those old plans intact? But that’s Nancy for you. She’s going down fighting. No apologies.

Do try to watch the whole thing if you have time, though. They’re still selling this as something they’re doing for healthy people rather than at their expense.

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The most telling line, the one that encapsulates the gulf between the boundless fantasies of the faculty-lounge utopian and the messiness of reality, was this: “What we’re also discovering is that insurance is complicated to buy.” Gee, thanks for sharing, genius.

Love Steyn…

and he’s right, Obama doesn’t act as a president, but as a self appointed King, ruling by edicts and proclamations..

This spells disaster in the next 3 years, as he discovers he’s a lame duck.. that he’ll just start ladling on even more edicts.. since he’s so much smarter than we are.. if there was ever a greater danger of an American president declaring himself dictator, I can’t think of one.

He’s disconnected enough from reality.. that it becomes a serious threat..

What a lie’r…… all her insurance industry pals love their plans… you know darling….. your pals that sit behind desks in those big shiny buildings ……. that make their money by charging ridiculous prices insuring people for events that statically ain’t gonna happen..

Check your mail, Nancy. Constituents Lee Hammack and JoEllen Brothers sent you a letter. For some reason, these two loyal Democrats seemed to have liked their plan, and even though you’ve now given them a chance to put their socialist, share-the-wealth beliefs into practice, they seem to want it back.

No one likes their doctor because doctors cut off people’s feet and pull out tonsils with bare hands , for profit,
and stick you with a red pill or a blue pill .
It’s true, Hussein said that . On C-SPAN . When they were debating ObamaCAIR , remember ?

Nancy Pelosi hasn’t dealt with reality in years. Botox has consequences. Don’t forget, this is “her singular accomplishment”. This is her “legacy” that will forever enshrine her in the Liberal Hall of Fame.

So if you got screwed on your health care insurance, STFU! and suck it up for the greater honor and glory of Pelosi!

In order for there to be any chance of Nancy Peolsi losing her seat in the Primary election there would have to be at least 2 other candidates (of any political party) on the ballot.

If the Republicans aren’t organized enough to find a candidate to run against Nancy Pelosi, perhaps candidates from the Communist Party or the Green Party or the Peace & Freedom Party could run against Pelosi from the left.

Here is information on how California’s Top Two Primary process works:

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011, created “voter-nominated” offices. The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committees, or local offices.

Most of the offices that were previously known as “partisan” are now known as “voter-nominated” offices. Voter-nominated offices are state constitutional offices, state legislative offices, and U.S. congressional offices. The only “partisan offices” now are the offices of U.S. President and county central committee.

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All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election – regardless of party preference – move on to the general election.

Together you have them believing that no one likes their substandard plan so they will replace it with a new, improved and hellishly more expensive plan full of things your prior plan didn’t have that you never wanted in the first place.

most countries have hard leftists/wing dings in office somewhere. So one person..I could care less.

but I do see some countries slowly coming out of the race to the bottom of socialism. Australia is actually stopping the CAGW idiocy. Look at japan

Japan set a new target for greenhouse gas emissions that critics say will set back United Nations talks for a treaty limiting fossil fuel emissions. The new target effectively reverses course from the goal set four years ago by allowing a 3.1 per cent increase in emissions from 1990 levels rather than seeking a 25 per cent cut.

Germany is increasing Coal plants!

why can’t we have nice things like that? That’s what worries me. Pelosi is a symptom. The disease is pandemic corruption and stupidity. The RINOs get all upset when anyone deviates too much from CW. Clutching their pearls, afraid of losing the cozy offices and office boys and girls

Is there a glimmer of hope on barry care? Not that I can see. The left and their supporters in the press have seen single-payer and it works. The press represents the most reactionary force of the leftist oligarchy…making damn sure that the peasants don’t know what is in their best interest…here, have some chump change and go away

The best the RINO party can do is to pass a bill that ‘allows’ insurers to write policies for one year. And that is the free-market party. Sorry, i’m not buying.

What’s really disturbing, beyond the mental state of some of our elected leaders, is that they really do believe what is coming out of their mouths. They believe we should be oh so willing to have more of our money confiscated to pay for other people’s insurance which provides them access to medical care while at the same time accept that grandma should take a pain pill and others with grave illnesses should get no treatment because the IPAB decided they weren’t worth it money wise.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Pelosi will only be satisfied when the entire medical sector of the American economy is socialized. If Obama’s ACA is so damn good then all Federal employees should be forced to become part of trainwreck.

Here we have laid bare the downside we must endure in a representative democracy. It’s the PEOPLE! Here we have Pelosi, an absolute idiot, that is able to assume a leadership role in the Democrat Party having influence over millions of citizens. And she can be reelected over and over regardless of the obvious stupidity she utters on a daily basis.

It’s hard to do much about a people of a district that are hell bent upon self destruction and will take us all down with them. This seems to be quite common on the Democrat side. Not so much for Republicans.